Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32558, Robert Friatt, Va.

SERVICE
va
Friatt, Robert,
NUMBER
S 32558
CONTENTS

Illinois. — 19.970
Robert Friatt
as Packhorse in the State of Ill s who was a Private in the Co by Captain Batson of the Rgt commanded by Genl Hand in the Virginia line for 9 mos.
Letter to pen Agt 15 Feb 18 do to John Dougherty 23 June 18 do to 3 Auditor 31 July 18
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1835 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1837 Agt notified 10 Aug 1838.
scribed on the Roll of Illinas. — the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Oct r 1838 and sent to Col Canning. Brownville. Ill s
to the 4th of Sep. 1838. 75.00 amt. allowance ending Sept. 34. 15. —
$ 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim } { dated June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book E, Vol. 8 Page 36,

Robert Friar
17950

1 1 1 1 State of Illinois Jackson County On this 3 rd day of September A.D. 1882 - Personally appeared in open Court before the County Commissioners Court of Jackson County in the State of Illinois re Sittig Robert Fri- att a Resident of Jackson County in the State of Illi- nois aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1882 -
That in the year 1777 he was a Resident of Berkeley County in the State of Virginia and in the month of September of that year there was a call for men to march against the Indians and this deponent volun- teered for that service in a Company commanded by Capt John Baldwin and about this and two other com- panies were under the command of Gen. Haid. The other Companies were commanded one by Capt. Thomas Baldwin and one by Capt. Radikin - We marched over the mountain toward Fort Pitt and before we arrived there we heard of the Battle of the Brandywine and the taking of Philadelphia and after remaining at Fort Pitt a short time were ordered down to Fort Whee- ling with most of the force and stationed at different places from Pitt to Wheeling to guard the fron- tier against the Indians. This deponent was station- ed at a place called Black Bottom between Wheeling and Buffalo Creek - and in this country manner performed a term of three months and were then dis- charged and went home -
In the month of October 1778 1780 the British came and burnt Richmond and there was a call for men and this deponent volunteered again and a company was organized under the command of Edward Davis and three days before we were to march new came that the British were gone and we were ordered

to remain organized in readiness to march at any moment when called on and we remained so un- til the next spring when Cornwallis marched his army through the Carolinas and Virginia and in the month of April 1781 the company was called into Service and marched to Richmond and since un- der a Regular Colonel by the name of John  John  William  William May- neccatius and Major John Williams Gen. Mullenburgh having the Gen. Command. He stayed but a short time at Richmond until driven off by the British and we retreated in front of them harassing every obstacle in the way of their march such as destroying Bridges &c until the British descended they could not cut off the communication between our force and the main army under Washington at that time to the north They then turned off and went to Charlottesville where the General Assembly of Virginia was then sitting. We were all this time under the command of Gen. Mullen- burgh and the Marquis De La Fayette until we joined Washington's army at a place called Malapend Church We then turned and drove the British in turn and at the ex- piration of their three months time Lord Cornwallis took the place as a substitute for one John Bratton for another term of three months and during this last mentioned term his Captain was by the name of Isaac Ives and the Regiment was commanded by Colo. William Dark. During this time the British Army was driven into Yorktown and it did not expire until about eight days before the surrender He was at the Battle of Saratoga and in some of the light skirmishes - at Saratoga Gen. Warren commanded the American Colo. Lee & Colo. Washington had com- mand in the cavalry - He was regularly discharged by a discharge in writing but thinking it of no use to him lost it so on after the war - and says he was no-

for the documentary testimony and he knows of no person in his power now living by whom he could prove his actual services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not not on the pension roll of the agency  government of any state.
Interrogatories Put by the Court.
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born? Answer. In Barkly County State of Virginia in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight.
Question 2 d Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer. It was recorded in the County in which I was born and I have a copy of it at home.
Question 3 d Where were you born living when called into service where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Answer. In Barkly County Va. When called into service when I left that place I moved to the falls of the Ohio River thence to Summers Co. W. I moved thence to Christian Co Kentucky thence to Clear Creek in the Territory of Illinois and now live in Jackson Co. State of Illinois.
Question 4 th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? Answer. I refer to my former statements for an answer. To the last question.
Question 5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.

Answer I also refer to my former statements in answer to this question.
Question 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom - was it given and what was the amount of it -
Answer - I have received two from my Capt. James  John also Philip Pennington the second by Capt. Edward Davis -
Question 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for honesty and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Answer - I will give the name of Green Lindsey a Clergyman of my neighborhood and Jesse Griggs of my County -
sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid attest J. McManus Clerk
Robert his Frattle mark
We Green Lindsey a Clergyman residing in the County of Rutherford and Jesse Griggs residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Frattle who has not swelled and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be less than three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid attest J. McManus Clerk
Green Lindsey
J Griggs
And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and

after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court from the Certifier that it appears to them that the Green Lindsey who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Jackson and that before George Green who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Newmills Jackson County Sept 3 d 1832
George Green Baptist Minister
Alexander Cochran
State of Illinois } p rs I have Manning Clerk of the Court Jackson County } to Commissioners Court of Jackson County Illinois Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Pratt for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentieth third day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two three J. C. Manning Clerk
State of Illinois } p rs I have Manning Clerk of the Jackson County } County Commissioners, Court

of Jackson County, Illinois I hereby certify, that George Coarth Alexander Cochran and Benjamin J. Coomer (who have signed the foregoing bonds) (were at the time of signing the same and still are) all the three true judges of the said Court duly elected and quali- fied - Given under my hand and seal of office at Ber- wicks in the said County, the twenty third Day of September one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two three. J. Manning Clerk
Robt F. Smith
17938

No 17956 — 19. 9/71 Robert Friatt Jackson County Illinois
Section 16.
Adm 9. Months
$30.
Joel Mangum Clerk Jackson County Court Illinois Brownsville

County
BRIEF in the case of  of Jackson
Robert Fratt
to the State of
Illinois
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 17 77. 3 Private Gen. Capt Baldwin Genl Hand   1788 3 " " Davis. Col. Maryweather   Subst 3 " " Ivers. Col. Park  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Partly Co Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not connected as the regulations require 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Oyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

32 558 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,558
Robert Stuart
Rev
Act: June 1 st 1829
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 425
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 2. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Robert Friatt a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and " " " Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to the 4 th Sept. 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Fratt which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.